"Dial 'M' for Monster"
(Animation, 1 min., 2003)
A childhood revenge fantasy. She's
not going to take this from her
brother anymore.
Watch
a clip...
This film was my first attempt at
hand drawn animation. I was creating the film for a monthly
meeting of the Winnipeg chapter of "Group 101". The film was an
entry and winner of the AMC Monster fest contest in October. I
used my neighbour's kids for models and voices (my son was too young to
be in this one...). I recruited some friends to form the
animation team, many of whom would help with my subsequent short
animations. From the video shot of my neighbours, we hand drew in
pencil, then I inked with a Sharpie marker, I then captured the pages
with a digital still camera and completed the animation in Final Cut
Pro. This monster film spent a lot of time roaming the world from
screen to screen to screen.
Screenings:
• American Movie
Classic (AMC) Channel [broadcast sale]: Monsterfest 2006
• Lower West Side
Film Festival, New York April 2005
• San Diego
Children’s Film Festival, April 2005
• Thompson Film
Festival, November 2004
• Opening for
Godzilla Retrospective, WFG Cinematheque, November 2004
• Cinefest
Picton, Picton Ontario, November 2004
• Jury Prize
Winner
• Winnipeg Short
Film Massacre, October 2004
• Chicago
International Children’s Film Festival, October 2004
• Ottawa
International Animation Festival, September 2004
• Catacomb Urban
Reels Series, Winnipeg, August 2004
• Ragamuffin Film
Festival, Austin Texas, August 2004
• Florida
International Children's Film Festival, June 2004
• High Falls Film
Festival, Rochester, NY, November 2004
• Flickerings
Film Festival: Bushnell, Illinois, July 2004
• Sprockets:
Toronto International Film Festival for Children, 2004
• 2300 Plan 9
Festival: la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 2004
• Freeze Frame
International Children’s Festival, Winnipeg 2004
• National Screen
Institute, FilmExchange:
• National
Amateur Movie Contest Finalist: Winnipeg 2004
• Winnipeg Film
Group’s Cinematheque Premieres: 2004
• American Movie
Classic (AMC) Channel [broadcast sale]: Halloween Monsterfest Contest Finalist,
2003
• Catacomb
Microcinema: Winnipeg, 2003
Key Crew
Director, Producer, and Editor -
Kevin Nikkel
Writer - Kevin Nikkel
Animators - Corrina Loewen, Kevin
Nikkel, Chantel Nikkel, Patrick Neufeld, Kelly Ruth
Voices/Models
Levi Kwade
Calyn Kwade
Rob Kwade
